Slayer by Kiersten White
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Child of Slayer
Child of Watcher
The Two Become One
The One Become Two
Girls of Fire
Protector and Hunter
One to Mend the World
And One to Tear is Asunder

Kiersten White’s Slayer dives into the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and follows the daughter of her first Watcher, Athena, as she deals with implications of being a Slayer. Set shortly after the TV show’s series finale, Watchers are now almost extinct and are hiding out in Ireland.

Athena and Artemis are identical twins raised by the Watchers. After the death of their father who died saving Buffy, the girls and their mother grow to hate all Slayers. So when Athena is revealed to the Last Slayer ever, her family denies her new destiny and forbids her from training. Having lived in the Artemis’s shadow her whole life, Athena begins to break out of her shell with the help of her Watcher and love interest, Leo.

When Athena begins having visions of the deaths of those close to her, it’s up to her and her friends to figure out who or what is killing them and why. Faced with so many emotional and physical obstacles, Athena learns to accept who she is and embrace despite the opinion of others.

Written beautifully and correctly, White re-exposes the world to the Buffyverse in a whole new perspective. The character arcs are so amazingly written that you will love, hate, and feel for even the demons of this story. Bravo, White! Bravo!

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